2020-2021 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL ALL TIMES CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE OVERALL 1-6 | SOUTHLAND 0-0 2020-2021 GAME NOTES HOME 0-1 | AWAY 0-3 | NEUTRAL 1-2 FOLLOW US! /PrivateersMBB @PrivateersMBB @privateersmbb NOVEMBER (0-2) 26 @ BYU L, 61-86 Contact Kelvin Queliz Email [email protected] Phone (917) 683-6517 27 @ Utah Canceled 29 @ Texas A&M L. 53-82 NEW ORLEANS GAME 7 - @ RiCE NEXT UP DECEMBER (1-4) 2 Louisiana L, 63-66 8 vs. Florida National^ W, 74-57 9 vs. Campbell^ L, 70-79 10 @ Jacksonville^ L, 70-77 15 @ Louisiana L, 63-73 16 @ LSU Postponed 22 @ Rice 2:00 P.M. RECORD 1-6, 0-0 SLC RECORD 5-2, 0-0 CUSA RECORD JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) 3-2, 0-0 SLC 2 @ Stephen F. Austin* 4:30 P.M. 6 @ Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 9 UIW* 6:00 P.M. Mark Slessinger 10th Season WHEN / WHERE Scott Pera 4th Season 16 McNeese* 6:00 P.M. Aurora ‘96 Penn State ‘89 >> January 2 >> William R. Johnson 20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. 23 @ Nicholls* 5:00 P.M. Coliseum CAREER RECORD CAREER RECORD 27 @ Northwestern State* 6:30 P.M. >> Baton Rouge, La. Overall 147-179 Overall 39-62 4th season 30 @ Southeastern* 4:00 P.M. at UNO 122-156 at LSU 39-62 4th season >> 4:30 P.M. vs. SLC 61-67 vs. CUSA 35-18 FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) vs. Rice 0-2 vs. UNO 0-0 TV / VIDEO 6 Stephen F. Austin* 6:00 P.M. ESPN+ 10 Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES 13 @ UIW* 6:30 P.M. Rice leads 2-0. 20 @ McNeese* 4:00 P.M. 24 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. For more information on the all-time series see page three. 27 Nicholls* 6:00 P.M. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SLC) 3 Northwestern State* 6:00 P.M. TIP-OFF 6 Southeastern* 7:00 P.M. 10-13 Southland Tournament* 6:00 P.M. >> Following the postponement of Wednesday’s game at LSU, the New Orleans quickly arranged a trip to Houston for a Monday afternoon tipoff against Rice. The Privateers lost a back-and-forth game to the Louisiana Ragin’ ^ BSN Sports Dolphin Classic Cajuns in Lafayette on Tuesday 73-66. The game featured six lead changes and nine ties. TROY GREEN, DAMION * Southland Conference Game ROSSER, and LAMONT BERZAT each scored in double-figures against the Cajuns. >> Senior guard TROY GREEN has had an outstanding couple of weeks on the hardwood. Two weeks ago at the BSN Sport Classic in Jacksonville, Green posted his first career double-double (18 points, 12 rebounds) in the tournament opening win against Florida National before scoring bursts of 34 (career high) and 23 against Campbell and Jacksonville. His point total against Jacksonville was the most scored by a Privateer since CHRISTAVIOUS COVERAGE INFORMATION GILL had 38 against Northwestern State in 2016, and the most scored on a neutral floor sinceBO McCALEBB TELEVISION None scored 34 against Arkansas State in the 2007 Sun Belt Tournament. His efforts in the BSN Classic earned him both LSWA AND SOUTHLAND PLAYER OF THE WEEK for Dec. 14. STREAMING CUSA.tv Play-by-Play J.P. Heath >> With 22 points against Florida National and 23 points at Jacksonville, DAMION ROSSER set career-highs in points in two of the last three at the BSN Sport Classic. Rosser is third in the Southland Conference in shooting percentage (55.4 percent) this season. The redshirt junior’s career scoring average has improved from 11.3 points RADIO NASH 106.1 FM / TuneIn App per game entering the year to 15.1, and the McDonough, Ga. native is pulling down 5.9 rebounds after averaging Play-by-Play Jude Young 3.7 during his first three seasons. Rosser has reached double-figures in six of seven games this season and opened the year with four consecutive double-figure contests for the second straight year. LIVE STATS RiceOwls.com >> After tinkering with his starting lineup against Jacksonville last week Mark Slessinger went back to the same five that started the first five games this season in Lafayette LAMONT- BERZAT, DAMION ROSSER, TROY GREEN, TWITTER @PrivateersMBB AHREN FREEMAN AND JAHMEL MYERS. Updated Coverage Information can be found on UNOPrivateers.com or on Twitter at @PrivateersMBB PROJECTED STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME) DAMION ROSSER LAMONT BERZAT TROY GREEN JAHMEL MYERS AHREN FREEMAN #1 GUARD #2 GUARD #3 GUARD #4 FORWARD #11 FORWARD POINTS 15.1 POINTS 6.6 POINTS 17.4 POINTS 3.9 POINTS 4.9 REBOUNDS 5.9 REBOUNDS 3.3 REBOUNDS 5.9 REBOUNDS 3.6 REBOUNDS 3.1 ASSISTS 2.6 ASSISTS 3.3 ASSISTS 2.3 ASSISTS 2.0 ASSISTS 1.3 STEALS 0.6 STEALS 1.0 STEALS 1.3 STEALS 0.4 STEALS 0.3 MINUTES 33.1 MINUTES 25.6 MINUTES 32.7 MINUTES 21.9 MINUTES 17.1 >> UNOPRIVATEERS.COM @PRIVATEERSMBB -1- NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL 2020-2021 ROSTER NEWS & NOTES # NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Jay Rodgers G 6-3 185 Fr. Columbus, Ohio Winchendon Prep 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 220 R-Jr. McDonough, Ga. Henry County HS 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 Sr. New Orleans, La. Landry-Walker HS 3 Troy Green G 6-3 215 Sr. St. Rose, La. Believe Prep Academy 4 Jahmel Myers F 6-6 215 Jr. Cape Coral, Fla. Mariner HS TURNING THE RECORD BOOKS GREEN 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 Sr. Austin, Texas Jack C. Hays HS >> TROY GREEN has steadily made his way through the Privateer record books this season. The senior ranks sixth all-time in free 10 Derek St. Hilaire G 5-11 180 Gr. Atlanta, Ga. Jacksonville State throws made (306) and 10th with 113 steals. He sits just outside 11 Ahren Freeman F 6-6 235 So. Orange Park, Fla. Providence School of Jacksonville the top 10 in games played (102), assists (266), and points (1,065). 12 Norris Williams G 6-2 165 Fr. New Orleans, La. Archbishop Hannan HS The senior became the 24th member of the 1,000 POINT CLUB in 13 Kmani Doughty G 6-5 195 R-Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Florida Prep school history after scoring a career-high 34 points against Campbell 15 Tamir Bynum G 6-2 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M (Dec. 9). Those 34 points were the most scored by a Privateer since CHRISTAVIOUS GILL scored 38 at Northwestern State in 2016, and 20 Larry Robinson III G 5-11 175 R-Sr. Bossier City, La. Southern University (Shreveport) the most on a neutral floor sinceBO McCALEBB scored 36 against 21 Bol Tong F 6-9 215 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Hill JC Arkansas State in the 2007 Sun Belt Tournament. FOR MORE 23 LaDarius Marshall F 6-6 230 Jr. Jackson, Miss. Hinds CC INFORMATION ON SEE PAGE 18. 24 Rodney Carson Jr. G 6-3 180 So. Philadelphia, Pa. Combine Academy 32 Rashad Holmes G 5-11 195 Fr. New Orleans, La. John Curtis HS HEAVY MINUTES AT GUARD >> Both DAMION ROSSER and TROY GREEN have logged heavy 33 D’Ante Bell F 6-9 225 Fr. Shreveport, La. Bossier HS minutes on the court so far this season, ranking No. 3 and No. 5 in the Southland in minutes played with 232 and 228 minutes, COACHES & STAFF respectively. Rosser is averaging 33.1 minutes per game, with Green Head Coach Mark Slessinger Aurora ‘96 10th Season at UNO following at 32.7. Green played all but 30 seconds against Campbell, Assistant Coach Jody Bailey Louisville ‘95 5th Season at UNO while Rosser has a pair of 37-minute appearances against Louisiana Assistant Coach Kris Arkenberg IUPUI ‘09 10th Season at UNO and Florida National. Assistant Coach Jay Smith LSU-Alexandria ‘17 2nd Season at UNO PRIVATEERS AND OWLS Director of Basketball Ops Cory Dixon New Orleans ‘14 2nd Season at UNO >> The Privateers and Owls have met just twice on the hardwood with Graduate Manager John Curtis Creed Centenary ‘19 2nd Season at UNO Rice winning both contests. The first meeting during 2011 came in Video / Analytics / Internal Ops Bradley Feig New Orleans ‘20 4th Season at UNO the midst of UNO’s attempted transition from Div. I to Div. II, while the second came a year later with the Privateers set to remain in Div. I. The trip marks the second of five trips to the Lonestar State SPORTS MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE for the Privateers this season. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE Athletic Trainer Nick Holtgreive Ouachita Baptist ‘12 6th Season at UNO ALL-TIME SERIES SEE PAGE 3. Sports Performance Coach Matt Hans Mount. St. Joseph ‘14 1st Sesason at UNO Sports Performance Intern Beaux Hebert Nicholls ‘15 3rd Season at UNO A WIN IN HOUSTON WOULD... >> Prevent the worst start through eight games in program history. UNO has never won just a single game in the first eight. The 1979- PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1980 team earned it’s second win during game eight on the way to Kris Arkenberg Ark-en-berg a 5-21 season - the fewest wins in school history. D’Ante Bell Dee-Anh-tay PRIVATEERS AND CONFERENCE USA Lamont Berzat Lah-mont Bur-zaht >> The Privateers have compiled a record of 89-97 (.478) against Tamir Bynum Ta-meer Bye-num current members of Conference USA, including a 31-53 (.369) record Rashad Holmes Rah-shad on the road.